"Slay the Spire" is a hit.
Thanks to word of mouth from players, more than 6,000 copies were sold in just one day, and the momentum was even faster than "Braveheart".
Suddenly, Chen Lin's wealth increased by hundreds of thousands.
And because the gameplay is novel, casual, diverse and non-repetitive, it has attracted a large number of players to join the game, and various strategy discussion posts have emerged one after another.
Even on major short video websites, various tricks of showing off (showing off) have appeared, quickly setting off a craze for comparison.
...
"Boss, something big happened! Come and see!"
Inside Dawn Studio.
As soon as Lao Song walked in early in the morning, a bald programmer came up to him with a tablet computer and his eyes widened.
"What's going on? Are you screaming here? Did the code you wrote yesterday crash again?"
Old Song frowned. This guy usually seemed quite quiet. Why did he suddenly become so irritable today?
"No, it's a game. The game we made before became popular!"
The programmer gasped and spoke intermittently, with a flush of excitement on his face.
Is their game a hit?
Hearing this, Lao Song didn't react for a while.
If he remembered correctly, they had only released a few audio games and racing games before.
Although it has made some money, it is still far from becoming popular.
Could it be that she was lucky enough to catch some mainstream popularity?
Thinking of this, he couldn't calm down and asked quickly: "Which one is it specifically? Has the game we released before become popular?"
"No, it's Slay the Spire that we outsourced some time ago! Sales exploded on the first day of release! It even entered the daily sales list!"
"What did you say?!"
Lao Song's heart suddenly shook.
Isn't Slay the Spire the game that Chen Lin outsourced to them before?
When he sent the game files, he also said that no one had ever made a game of this type before, so he should be mentally prepared for the possible negative response.
But now I tell him.
That game is a hit!
"Where is it? Let me see quickly!"
Entering the studio, Lao Song immediately rushed to the computer and clicked on the steam platform under the control of the programmer. After a while, the game homepage of "Slay the Spire" came into view.
[Game: Slaythespire]
[Type: card construction, turn-based combat, strategy, rogue]
[Introduction: Inside and outside the tower, there are cursed people. Their souls are imprisoned in the tower. Only by climbing the Tower of Babel leading to heaven can they find themselves. 】
[Price: 50 yuan]
[Evaluation: rave reviews]
At the bottom of the homepage, there are all positive reviews.
What shocked Lao Song even more was that this game was actually on the daily sales list.
With an extremely strong attitude, he broke into the top ten!
As the boss of a game studio, he knows very well how valuable this list is, and it is all calculated based on real-time sales.
Forget about the top ten.
Even in the top 100, none of the games they released have even touched the surface once!
"Is this... really the game we made?"
Lao Song swallowed, his mouth felt dry.
Other employees who received the news also left their seats and quickly gathered around.
"It's true, it's the game we made before! I know the cover very well!"
"And those character silhouettes were all synthesized by me using graphics tools!"
"Oh my god, why am I so awesome?"
Everyone couldn't believe that this game was actually made by their own hands.
It's like one day, someone suddenly said that the mud figure you made is a work of art.
They don't think it's their own merit.
After all, if making games could be so easy to become popular, they would have jumped to those big companies long ago.
Will you still stay in this small studio and write code?
That is to say.
What’s popular is the game itself.
It’s this gameplay and design!
Li Ming is just lucky and taking advantage of it.
But even so, they were still extremely excited.
Because this is an affirmation of their ability!
Especially in the industry, other manufacturers can easily find out which company took over the production of this game.
The popularity of "Slay the Spire" is undoubtedly a good advertisement for Dawn Studio. Are you worried about not getting big orders in the future?
You no longer even have to swallow your humiliation and pick up the remaining junk from those big companies!
"Just because you are so beautiful~"
At this time, a cell phone ringtone suddenly rang, waking up the stunned Lao Song.
Pick it up and take a look.
It's the studio that helped him make this game before, and it's also one of his few friends in the industry.
"Old Song, you are a bit unkind. Such a potential game outsourcing company actually told me that it was a private order. Are you looking down on your brother?"
A voice full of blame came from the other end of the phone.
"I'm not lying to you, this is really a private order."
Lao Song has not yet recovered from the shock, and is in a state of confusion.
"You said you didn't lie to me. Can a private person produce such high-quality CG? And he also produced so many at one time. To be honest, is this an order you received from those big manufacturers?"
"Well......"
Old Song opened his mouth and glanced at the promotional page of "Slay the Spire", and for a moment he didn't know how to explain it.
After a long silence, he told everything in detail.
After hearing this, the person on the other side suddenly heard a sound of inhaling.
"It's not easy to achieve this level of private orders. Remember to give me referrals another day. If there are similar outsourcing companies, don't be polite to me. I will call more people to help."
"Okay, hang up now. I still have a lot of things to deal with here."
After hanging up the phone, Lao Song let out a sigh of relief. He did not expect that this old friend would receive the news so soon.
After thinking for a while, he picked up the phone again and called Chen Lin.
But the response I got was that the line was always busy and I couldn't get through.
After trying several times to no avail, I had to give up temporarily.
...
the other side.
Star Travel Company Headquarters.
"Director, this week's game list is out."
An employee came to the office with information in hand.
He is a person who specializes in market research, so as soon as the list is updated, he immediately compiles a piece of information and submits it.
"Yeah, well done."
Yang Liang took the information and asked while flipping through it: "How was the sales of the game we released before?"
"This... the response doesn't seem to be very good. It barely made it to the bottom of the daily sales list." The employee said cautiously.
"end?"
Yang Liang paused, frowned and raised his head: "This game is our flagship product. We not only invested a lot of manpower and material resources, but also spent nearly a year, and we only got this little result? What does the Publicity and Development Department do for food?"
"
boom!
The information was slapped onto the table.
The sound spread through the walls throughout the entire office area, causing all the employees to be startled, shrinking their heads and not daring to show their heads.
To know.
That game is their company's top project this year.
In addition to the big production costing over 100 million as advertised, it also hired a popular celebrity as an advertising spokesperson, which can be said to be full of confidence.
Although the bottom of the daily sales list is good for those small companies, it is far from meeting their expectations and cannot even make back their money.
No wonder Yang Liang is so angry.
Regarding this.
People in the Publicity and Development Department could only sneer at it.
Because they know very well that most of the so-called cost of over 100 million was spent on recruiting traffic stars.
If you have the little money left to make a game that hits the daily sales charts, it would be considered a huge success.
They even put the blame on their publicity and development department, which was shameful.
And at this time.
Inside the office.
Yang Liang suppressed his anger and continued to browse the information and check other games on the daily sales list, hoping to find a solution.
After all, it is difficult for the board of directors to explain such achievements.
He had to find a way to excuse himself.
"Huh? This is..."
Suddenly, his eyes fell on the top ten on the daily sales list.
No. 5: "Slay the Spire"
Slay the Spire?
Isn’t this the game that Dawn Studio called before and asked them to help make it!?
This chapter has been completed!